"She was no longer the sweet slightly nervous girl that she was"
I had been at the shop for just over two years when I decided to leave home and get a place of my own. I had some savings and a regular weekly wage. There was no shortage of accommodation because...
"The unspeakable behaviour of an Edwardian lady"
Things at home were not good for myself or my three elder brothers. Our father was killed whilst working down a coal mine and our mother was in a deep depression. The boys all worked at the coal mine it...
"First boyfriend is brought back to work on wife."
Picture a small southern Indiana community, during an idyllic time. Lots of nice conservative churches, lots of nice conservative, mostly white families, during the early Sixties. A time that would be before any modern liberation movement for women... or men. Sex,...
The Antebellum South was a period in the history of the Southern United States from the late 18th century until the start of the American Civil War in 1861. During this time, the southern states saw large growths in agriculture,...
"During the Red Scare in the 1950's, Doomsday was always right around the corner."
"Bobby, I can't. Not yet. I'm not ready." Piper gently pulled her boyfriend's hand out from under her panties. His fingertips had just grazed the fringes of her feathery pubic hair when she came to her senses and remembered what...
"Jack and Becky face exposure and resultant separation"
Jack Wetherley walked slowly, morosely, along the front of the new stables. Not since the death of his father six years earlier, had he ever felt so low. Passing the open-gated front of the twenty, as yet, unused stalls, he...
"Jack's job prospects take flight, but Becky has a shock for him."
For everyone on the Brandling Estate, the three months after their Newmarket triumph became the most chaotic, the most worrying, the most exciting, the most definitive months they would ever know.After Trafalgar’s massive success as a three-year-old, Jack Wetherley, Sir Oswald...
"And Puissard," the old jailer warned, "Leave the poor girl alone." He gave the foul-smelling rabassier an unceremonious shove through the outer gate and into the cobbled alleyway behind the Périgueux jail. The grizzled Frenchman turned as he stumbled to...
"Jack and Becky share love and hope watching Trafalgar tackle a Classic"
The Two Thousand Guineas. At last! Jack Wetherley’s heart pounded, as the eleven horses trotted out onto the course. The bright silks of the jockeys added to the extra colour provided by the glamorous gowns worn by the lady spectators...
"A young man's chance encounter with damsels in distress leads to a night of debauchery!"
The traveller plodded along, astride his weary stead on a narrow winding trail. It was late afternoon and both animal and man desired an end to the long day's journey.It was the year 1855, well-nigh twenty years into Queen Victoria's...
